Monthly Archives: September 2008

Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 upgrade

I upgraded my Ubuntu installation in my laptop Acer Travelmate 8204 from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10. It’s an upgrade and not a fresh installation. I had both Ubuntu and Kubuntu 8.04 installed in my laptop and I set Kubuntu … Continue reading

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Mozilla Lightning and Sunbird 0.9 released

Mozilla calendar team has released version 0.9 of Lightning and Sunbird. This brings the calendar project close to their 1.0 release. Here are some changes/new functionalities included in 0.9. Lightning 0.9 is intended to be the last release for the … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6 released

Ubuntu has released their 6th and final alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10. Along with lots of bug fixes, alpha 6 also contains new features to Samba 3.2 includes: clustered file server support encrypted network transport ipv6 support better integration with … Continue reading

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My dad and FIL use Ubuntu

I’m happy to say that my dad and my father-in-law use Ubuntu as their main OS. My FIL used Ubuntu when he stayed with us and liked it, so he asked me to install Ubuntu in the new Dell Inspiron … Continue reading

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Bing Bang Rap

Watch this interesting Large Hardon Rap about The Large Hadron Collider. If you don’t know what it is, check this site.

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London Stock Exchange suffers .NET Crash

London Stock Exchange runs .NET, C#, Microsoft SQL Server and Windows 2003. Read the crash story here.

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Ubuntu 9.04 to be called Jaunty Jackalope

Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu 9.04 due out in April next year will be called Jaunty Jackalope. Shuttleworth has set some specific goals to meet in Jaunty. One of them is boot time. He wants Ubuntu to boot as fast … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 released

Ubuntu team has released their 5th (and I think final) alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10. Alpha 5 brings the following changes: GNOME 2.23.91 Nautilus file manager now has tab support and eject icon for removable drives. File Roller now supports … Continue reading

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Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 released

Mozilla has released their 2nd alpha of Firefox 3.1. This version includes the following changes: Support for the HTML 5 video element. The new functionality of CTRL + T which shows previews of 3 recently used tab, now includes an … Continue reading

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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 lauches with Ubuntu, XP

Dell launched Dell Inspiron Mini 9 today. Dell Inspiron Mini 9 comes with either Ubuntu or Windows XP. Ubuntu system costs $349 and is $50 less than Windows XP system with identical configurations (except for the hard drive). The Mini … Continue reading

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